Canada has emerged as the clearest winner from current geopolitical disruption in incentive travel planning, while the Gulf States is seeing the sharpest fall in confidence, according to the latest SITE Pulse Survey.
Leisure travel across all sectors remained strong in 2025, particularly among luxury and ultra luxury travelers, said a report. This trend should carry over into 2026, accompanied by increased demand for the services of travel advisors, it added.
Travel Counsellors, one of UK’s top technology platforms for travel entrepreneurs, said it has inked a deal for the strategic acquisition of Canadian group - The Travel Agent Next Door - thus creating a transatlantic leader in the travel operator market.
Abu Dhabi-based Technology Innovation Institute (TII) has sealed a strategic partnership with Mila, the Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute, in a move aimed at driving collaborative research in AI safety and next-generation machine learning models.
Canadian smart building solutions group 1Valet Corp is set to enter the UAE market with its proprietary hardware, introducing an innovative urban lifestyle ecosystem that will create new revenue streams for developers and asset managers.
UAE national carrier Etihad Airways is set to launch its first-ever nonstop flights from Abu Dhabi to Calgary this November, creating a new strategic air link between the Middle East and Western Canada. The route will be operated by Etihad’s Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.
Dokainish & Company, Canada's leading project controls and systems implementation consultancy, has formalised a strategic partnership with SaudConsult, Saudi Arabia's oldest engineering firm, expanding Dokainish operations across the Kingdom.
Horton CBI, Limited (Horton CBI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CB&I, has been awarded a sizable contract for the engineering, procurement, fabrication, and construction (EPFC) of two liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) Hortonspheres by a leading Canadian infrastructure company.
